Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
During my recent vacation in Vermont, I was alerted to a special “covered bridge” tour near my hotel. Of the more than ninety different covered bridges throughout the Green Mountain State, seven are within a two-hour driving trip from each other. Wowie. So I blocked out two hours … and made the trip. I began…
Read MoreHey everybody, it’s Saturday morning, and you all know what that means. It’s time for another recap of the best of the blogs associated with my personal blogroll and my previous writing associations. So let’s get started, shall we? First off, let’s see if I can find seven blogs from the Albany Times Union that…
Read MoreIt’s time for the Saturday recap of blogs from my fellow writers, observers and conceptualists. There’s a big word. Conceptualists. That should at least get a quadruple word score in Scrabble. As always, let’s start our Saturday morning recap by pulling some blogs from the Times Union’s community blogging team, shall we? Rob Hoffman’s “Hoffman…
Read MoreAt some point later this morning – possibly after I finish writing my blog – I’ll add some holiday decorations to my apartment in the Town and Village. I’ll hang the plastic holiday wreath I bought a couple of years ago on my front door. I’ll place the small illuminated ceramic Christmas tree on a…
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This is a great way to wrap up Competition Season 2017. Two of my pictures, Stone Saltwater Surf and Seagulls and Step and Pivot, are at the Big E’s Photo Salon at the Eastern States Exhibition. Those two pictures, along with What the Grasshopper Saw and The Cumulo-Nimbus Eclipse, are also appearing at the Durham…
Read MoreSorry if I seem a bit rushed today. I have a major project that I have to complete in less than a week, and something else just came up that requires my attention. Yeah, this is what happens when I have to do fifteen things at once. It’s not fun, but I manage. I have…
Read MoreYou know him, you love him, you acknowledge his existence as the host of the long-running quiz show Jeopardy!. If you’re a trivia geek, you might also know him as the host of such game shows as The Wizard of Odds, High Rollers, and others. Yep, I’m talking about Alex Trebek. And this morning, I…
Read MoreOf late, I’ve really enjoyed my new Irix 15mm f/2.4 super-ultrawide rectilinear camera lens. I used it last month to capture my Stone, Saltwater, Surf and Seagulls picture, which is already aimed for Competition Season 2017. But one picture does not a lens purchase make. I need to see what else this lens can create.…
Read MoreYesterday I went to the retinal specialist, Dr. Templar (he’s a bit of a saint), for my second of what I hope will not be too many more vitreal eyeball injections. Ugh. So while I’m waiting in the doctor’s lobby, I notice that he has a fishtank with some very large fish in it. Okay,…
Read MoreSo let me fill everybody in. Last night, I received my Times Union archive of blog posts from the past eight and a half years of blogging for them. I thought everything would be fine, I simply would upload my files and combine old blog posts with new. Unfortunately, the second I did this… My…
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